The Colorado House State, Veterans and Military Affairs Committee will hear HB 1062 on Wednesday, March 12. This is a bill to let local governments use Approval Voting for non-partisan elections. Approval Voting lets voters cast one vote for each … Continue reading
On March 5, the Utah legislature passed SB 54. It changes the existing system by which parties nominate candidates. Current law does not permit anyone to run for a party nomination unless he or she does well at a pre-primary … Continue reading
According to this article, Dick Harpootlian, a South Carolina attorney and former state chair of the Democratic Party, predicts that if U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham loses the June Republican primary for re-election, there will be a strong independent candidate for … Continue reading
This South Dakota newspaper story about former U.S. Senator Larry Pressler says he hasn’t completed his petition to be on the November ballot, but that he expects to meet the April 29 deadline. Because he is running as an independent, … Continue reading
Texas held the nation’s first primary on March 4. In the Democratic primary for U.S. Senate, Kesha Rogers placed second. Because no one got as much as 50%, a run-off primary will be held on May 27. Rogers is the … Continue reading
